Turnovers and dropped interceptions kept a game that appeared to be teetering towards a blowout close on Monday Night Football, but the Seahawks found a way to close out a pesky Texans squad and keep pace in the NFC West heading into their bye week.

Trying to keep pace with the Rams and 49ers in the NFC West, the Seahawks will face the NFL’s top-ranked defense in the Texans on Monday Night Football. What must they accomplish to improve to 5-2?

Pitting two of the NFL’s fiercest defenses against each other in prime time, the Seahawks hope to find a kink in the Texans’ armor and heat up C.J. Stroud, while the visitors intend to make life tough on Sam Darnold with a vicious edge rush and ball hawking defenders on the back end.

In an otherwise sleep-inducing punt fest, the Seahawks received just enough explosives from Sam Darnold and the offense coupled with a feisty pass rush to fend off the Jaguars for a satisfying eight-point road victory.

After a sluggish start for both teams, Sam Darnold and Jaxon Smith-Njigba busted out the fireworks to propel the Seahawks to a seven-point halftime lead in Jacksonville.

Typically, scoring 35 points in an NFL game leads to victory. But the Seahawks endured an uncharacteristic off day at the wrong time with busted coverages, missed tackles, and an anemic pass rush that left Mike Macdonald seeking answers after a 38-35 loss to the Buccaneers.

Despite over 340 passing yards and four touchdowns from Sam Darnold, one lone mistake from the quarterback cost the Seahawks in a tight, high-scoring affair as the Buccaneers escaped with a 38-35 win at Lumen Field.

Yielding field goals on the first two drives and failing to score on three promising possessions of their own, the Seahawks fell behind two scores to the Buccaneers in Sunday’s Week 5 clash, but a late score may have turned the tide back in the home team’s favor before intermission.

In a battle of 3-1 teams with depleted secondaries, what must the Seahawks accomplish to win a fourth straight game and send the Buccaneers back to Florida with a loss?

The Seahawks missed out on a couple opportunities to further pad their lead off of turnovers, but even with those whiffs, they still went into the half with a two-score lead over their rivals in the desert.

Leading to 30 points with their efforts, special teams told the story as the Seahawks blew out the Saints for a much-needed home victory.

Success on their own turf has been hard to come by for much of the Mike Macdonald era, but on Sunday, the culture the coach and his staff continue to build with the Seahawks manifested into one of the most dominant performances in their 50-year history.

Scoring on each of their first seven possessions with a Tory Horton punt return for six points in between, the Seahawks blew the floodgates open right away for an easy 31-point win over the Saints. How did they engineer one of their most lopsided wins in Week 3?

Scoring on every one of their offensive possessions with a perfect 4-for-4 showing in the red zone while dominating on special teams, the Seahawks turned their Week 3 home contest against the Saints into a laugher in no time.

Seahawks reporter Corbin Smith dishes out his weekly keys to victory for Seattle, including slowing down No. 41 out of the backfield and staying aggressive offensively in the red zone.

Several red zone stops on defense set the Seahawks up for a big Week 1 win, but when the game was there for the taking, they couldn’t close the deal on either side of the ball as the 49ers escaped with the victory at Lumen Field.

The Seahawks will enter their season opener lacking bodies at receiver and off the edge, which could lead to some interesting decisions from Mike Macdonald and his coaching staff to compensate against the 49ers.

Last November, the Seahawks finally were able to snap a five-game losing streak to the 49ers, but they haven’t defeated them at Lumen Field since 2021. What must they do to break that skid in Sunday’s season opener?